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Man Arrested in Singapore for Buying Refundable Ticket to Escort His Wife to Her Gate But Not Flying

by Gary Leff on September 1, 2019

Sep 01 2019

A man who ate free for a year buying a refundable ticket, accessing the China Eastern lounge in Xi’an, China, and the refunding his ticket. Every. Day. There can be consequences to this scam: Lufthansa sued a passenger and won 200 euros after the man booked and cancelled 36 tickets in a year for the purpose of obtaining business class lounge access.

Another passenger was even arrested after living in 9 different Priority Pass lounges at the Singapore airport over the course of 3 weeks.

Free Lounge Access in Singapore for Connecting Passengers

by Gary Leff on July 21, 2019

Jul 21 2019

You may have lounge access if you’re flying international business or first class, have high enough elite status, or a Priority Pass card that gets you into certain lounges.

However connecting through Singapore it’s even easier than that.

British Airways Cabin Crew May Be Fired After Naked Game of Spin the Bottle

by Gary Leff on July 5, 2019

Jul 05 2019

One of the dares in the spin the bottle game, it seems, was to get naked and run down the hallway of the hotel knocking on other guest room doors.

Last year, apparently, British Airways had to change crew hotels in Singapore after a female flight attendant ran through the lobby in her underwear.

Singapore Airlines Further Guts Waitlisting for Awards

by Gary Leff on July 4, 2019

Jul 04 2019

Effective August 14 Singapore Airlines is imposing new rules on waitlisting for awards. They want you to be pay attention to now being able to manage wait list requests online and receiving proactive updates on your requests from the airline.

However there’s only one change that matters,

Singapore Airlines Wants Help Naming Their New Frequent Flyer Mascot

by Gary Leff on May 29, 2019

May 29 2019

Singapore Airlines has a new mascot for its KrisFlyer frequent flyer program, but the mascot doesn’t have a name. They’ve asked the internet to name it for them. You can submit your recommended name and they’ll pay out 30,000 miles if they select it.

What do you think of Miles McMilesFace?

A Fix is Coming for the Chase to Singapore Airlines Transfer Glitch

by Gary Leff on September 13, 2018

Sep 13 2018

Multiple readers reached out to me about delayed transfers of Chase Ultimate Rewards points to Singapore Airlines Krisflyer. They made transfers and those points did not post. This seems to be for transfers originating around September 4 onward.

Man Lives in Airport Because He Couldn’t Afford Change Fee on Ticket

by Gary Leff on September 6, 2018

Sep 06 2018

Mehran Karimi Nasseri is the man behind the Tom Hanks film The Terminal. He spent 18 years living in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport’s terminal 1. He reported being kicked out of Iran for protesting the Shah, and eventually granted refugee status in Belgium. He moved to the UK, but lost his papers when he says his briefcase was stolen.

Recently a Taiwanese man spent more than a week living in the Perth, Australia airport but not because he lacked documents. He ran out of money and was waiting to fly home in several weeks. He couldn’t afford to change his ticket on Singapore Airlines low cost carrier Scoot.

The Top 10 Biggest Airline Money Making Routes in the World (One Generates a Billion Dollars)

by Gary Leff on July 4, 2018

Jul 04 2018

Here are the top 10 airline routes by revenue. It’s fascinating data. And one airline’s flying generated over a billion dollars last year on a single route

Singapore Halting Sale of Uber Southeast Asia, Orders Continued Independent Operations

by Gary Leff on March 31, 2018

Mar 31 2018

On Monday we learned that Uber was selling its Southeast Asia business to Grab and shutting down operations in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Vietnam in two weeks.

Not so fast says the government of Singapore.

Fare Alert: Business Class Roundtrip to Singapore Less Than $2000

by Gary Leff on January 6, 2018

Jan 06 2018

Star Alliance airlines ANA and United — with flights within North America sometimes on Air Canada — are offering business class roundtrips between Toronto or Vancouver and Singapore for less than $2000.

It’s a great opportunity to see Singapore, one of my favorite cities — or to use it as a jumping off point for visiting other cities in Asia. And the deal is good enough that it may make sense to position to Canada for this fare.